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a b U Graphics card
August 23, 2001 9:09:29 PM

Hey everyone! I was wondering why nobody has ever made a REAL 128-bit DDR PCI card. It would kickass in the PCI market and is it that difficult to make? AGP is the majority of the market, but the PCI people still don't mind having a fast video card.

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August 23, 2001 9:23:15 PM

I'm assuming you mean that the RAM is 128-bit DDR, not that the slot itself is?



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a b U Graphics card
August 23, 2001 9:24:48 PM

exactly. =) sorry about the misunderstanding. 128-bit DDR. Don't you guys all agree on having having better PCI graphics for the people who DON'T WANT TO PURCHASE NEW MOTHERBOARDS?

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August 23, 2001 9:47:13 PM

I don't. A motherboard would have to be rather old to not have an AGP slot, and a you can get a good motherboard and Duron at Fry's for $100 or less. In fact, look at <A HREF="http://www.1stclasstech.com/ecsk7s5adur8.html" target="_new">this</A>. Supports DDR&SDRAM, onboard audio, ATA66/100, 5 PCI, 1 AGP, 1 AMR, etc. Tell them you saw it on PriceWatch and it's only $99.

Anyhow, what about Radeons? There are DDR PCI Ati's.



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a b U Graphics card
August 23, 2001 11:05:58 PM

YOU LIE! DDR PCI Radeons? where! where! i'd buy it if there was.

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a b U Graphics card
August 24, 2001 3:17:55 AM

DDR on a Radeon PCI would be almost pointless, as it already has a 128-bit memory path being fed by a pathetic 33MHz 32-bit PCI slot. The data being fed to the graphics core is already too slow, the graphics core sits there simply waiting for it. The graphics core can only work with data as fast as it receives it. Adding a faster data path upstream of the data core is like running inside a schoolbus...your not going to get there any faster!

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a b U Graphics card
August 24, 2001 3:29:43 AM

Regarding my last post-maybe it's like putting two leaky buckets under a faucet that can't even fill up one one of them!

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August 24, 2001 4:08:57 AM

Doesn't the Radeon All-in-Wonder have DDR memory? It comes in a PCI flavor.

<b>update:</b>

Sorry about that. I just checked Pricewatch. It seems the PCI All-in-Wonder has SDR while the AGP version has DDR.
<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by phsstpok on 08/24/01 00:22 AM.</EM></FONT></P>
Anonymous
a b U Graphics card
August 24, 2001 8:52:39 AM

yer right...but that all in wonder is 250 bux... wutta jip for extra connectors i will never use for gaming purposes.... just need a plain board like the Radeon 32mb SDR features but with DDR mem. That would rock and be like 150 bucks

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August 24, 2001 3:11:04 PM

Ok, server boards hardly count (such as Xeons, Athlon MPs). I'm talking about home users. And only a very few OEMs use boards with integrated graphics and no AGP slot.

Guess there aren't any DDR PCI Ati's. Someone will pay for this. They're advertising it that way on PriceWatch.



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